by: Thomas B. Welch
You entered the world of total darkness
Leaving behind all your senses
Vision,touch,smell,hearing,taste
Not in the world of a coma
People have traveled afar to sit by your bedside
Holding your hand waiting for that magic moment
Moment you'll awake but the moment never arrives
Not until everyone leaves to proceed with daily Life
All one can do is pray
A few give up but others never give up
Not just yet anyways
You can no longer Dream in a world of a Coma
Where there are no colors to see
A nurse is at your bedside when you awake
Everything too bright and unfamilar
You asked what happened to you
All confused and baffled you notice
Your voice doesn't sound as it once had
"You were struck down by a vehicle down
thar on South 27th Street," the nurse replies
Near an exit to lead you home
But you never made it home
On that rainy September night
Paramedics shout to one another
As you fade into darkness
You can no longer Dream
Not in the world of darkness
10/10/91 TBI/SCI survivor